Sally Wiener Grotta
@sallywienergrotta.bsky.social
Award-winning writer, speaker, photographer. (It's all storytelling.) Member: The Authors Guild & SFWA.
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Two great gifts for the women in your life -- only $18 and $5
Links in the comments below
Links in the comments below
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Two great gifts for the women in your life -- only $18 and $5
Links in the comments below
Links in the comments below
If you're at #Philcon this weekend in Cherry Hill, NJ, I'll be reading from my new magical realist novel at 6 pm today in Rm 1023. Please join me. (I'm worried that it's a really bad time slot, and I'll be reading to an empty rooom.)
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If you're at #Philcon this weekend in Cherry Hill, NJ, I'll be reading from my new magical realist novel at 6 pm today in Rm 1023. Please join me. (I'm worried that it's a really bad time slot, and I'll be reading to an empty rooom.)
Meet Shalzed, a blue-skinned extraterrestrial, who's trying to understand earthlings who have inscribed great treatises on human rights and yet don’t abide by them. Interview with Shalzed's creator Shlomo Levin is now live on Judith Magazine's Substack.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Meet Shalzed, a blue-skinned extraterrestrial, who's trying to understand earthlings who have inscribed great treatises on human rights and yet don’t abide by them. Interview with Shalzed's creator Shlomo Levin is now live on Judith Magazine's Substack.
judithmagazine.substack.com/p/meet-shalz...
judithmagazine.substack.com/p/meet-shalz...
Come join me and #scifi author/futurist/fascinating fellow @robertjsawyer.com, as I interview him about Human Consciousness, Quantum Entanglements, Panpsychism, writing and other cool stuff. On my new Substack; free to read, listen and comment.
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Come join me and #scifi author/futurist/fascinating fellow @robertjsawyer.com, as I interview him about Human Consciousness, Quantum Entanglements, Panpsychism, writing and other cool stuff. On my new Substack; free to read, listen and comment.
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...
sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...
Hey Poconos folk! I'll be at Newfoundland library this Saturday with my books and stories to tell. Come by for a chat, and come buy a book.
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey Poconos folk! I'll be at Newfoundland library this Saturday with my books and stories to tell. Come by for a chat, and come buy a book.
I got to chat with one of my very favorite authors L.J. Cohen about her latest novel LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD -- a richly imagined weaving of tikkun olam and The Wizard of Oz, set among Boston's unhoused.
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February 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I got to chat with one of my very favorite authors L.J. Cohen about her latest novel LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD -- a richly imagined weaving of tikkun olam and The Wizard of Oz, set among Boston's unhoused.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/02/27/a...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/02/27/a...
Here's a screen capture of the letter and poem from my 2025 new year's newsletter. Please click conta.cc/3Pv0s8P to see the full newsletter, which gets HIGH open rates for its thought-provoking stuff.
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January 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Here's a screen capture of the letter and poem from my 2025 new year's newsletter. Please click conta.cc/3Pv0s8P to see the full newsletter, which gets HIGH open rates for its thought-provoking stuff.
If you like what you see, please sign up to receive future (rare) newsletters.
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I wrote a response to Jay Michaelson’s essay “Uncertainty is a feature, not a bug.” Now I feel a bit better about the looming future.
Please click through to read my response.
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Please click through to read my response.
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January 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I wrote a response to Jay Michaelson’s essay “Uncertainty is a feature, not a bug.” Now I feel a bit better about the looming future.
Please click through to read my response.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/01/07/i...
Please click through to read my response.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2025/01/07/i...
What do you mean "fetch 'your' slippers" -- finders keepers.
December 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM
What do you mean "fetch 'your' slippers" -- finders keepers.
What a hoot it was to chat with Nola Saint James (aka Rabbi Jo David for this episode of "What If? Why Not? How?"
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#regencyromance
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#regencyromance
December 3, 2024 at 2:29 AM
What a hoot it was to chat with Nola Saint James (aka Rabbi Jo David for this episode of "What If? Why Not? How?"
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#regencyromance
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#regencyromance
Today is the book birthday of "Blessing from Broken" by Judith Sarah Schmidt A beautiful book. Here's a link to a video I did with Judith, to give you a taste of the wonders her book holds.
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@bayit.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
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@bayit.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
October 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Today is the book birthday of "Blessing from Broken" by Judith Sarah Schmidt A beautiful book. Here's a link to a video I did with Judith, to give you a taste of the wonders her book holds.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/06/w...
@bayit.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/06/w...
@bayit.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social
Are you curious about the fuss being made about my "Daughters of Eve" essay-based discussion workbook and journaling guide? Download a sample chapter.
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October 25, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Are you curious about the fuss being made about my "Daughters of Eve" essay-based discussion workbook and journaling guide? Download a sample chapter.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/free-sample-...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/free-sample-...
Are you curious about the fuss being made about my "Daughters of Eve" essay-based discussion workbook & journaling guide? Download a sample chapter on Rachel, Leah, Bilhah & Zilpah & their complex tapestry of sisterhood.
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#Tanakh #feminist #jewish
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#Tanakh #feminist #jewish
October 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Are you curious about the fuss being made about my "Daughters of Eve" essay-based discussion workbook & journaling guide? Download a sample chapter on Rachel, Leah, Bilhah & Zilpah & their complex tapestry of sisterhood.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/free-sample-...
#Tanakh #feminist #jewish
www.sallywienergrotta.com/free-sample-...
#Tanakh #feminist #jewish
"Swimming in Molasses & Seismic Shifts"
Step inside a writer's mind when she isn't writing , as she a seeks inspiration from others' questioning of the universe.
@authorsguild.bsky.social #WIT2024 #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife
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Step inside a writer's mind when she isn't writing , as she a seeks inspiration from others' questioning of the universe.
@authorsguild.bsky.social #WIT2024 #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/10/09/s...
October 9, 2024 at 11:32 PM
"Swimming in Molasses & Seismic Shifts"
Step inside a writer's mind when she isn't writing , as she a seeks inspiration from others' questioning of the universe.
@authorsguild.bsky.social #WIT2024 #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/10/09/s...
Step inside a writer's mind when she isn't writing , as she a seeks inspiration from others' questioning of the universe.
@authorsguild.bsky.social #WIT2024 #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/10/09/s...
If you're at Albacon, please come (in person or virtually) to my reading today at 6pm, in meeting room B. I'll be reading from my "Of Being Woman" #feminist #sciencefiction collection.
September 13, 2024 at 6:50 PM
If you're at Albacon, please come (in person or virtually) to my reading today at 6pm, in meeting room B. I'll be reading from my "Of Being Woman" #feminist #sciencefiction collection.
The last thing I ever expected to do was to embark on a decades-long study of the Hebrew Bible. It started w. an idea for a novel that I couldn't shake loose. Read about my journey as an accidental Biblical scholar on Gila Green's blog.
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July 22, 2024 at 7:36 PM
The last thing I ever expected to do was to embark on a decades-long study of the Hebrew Bible. It started w. an idea for a novel that I couldn't shake loose. Read about my journey as an accidental Biblical scholar on Gila Green's blog.
gilagreenwrites.com/blog/guest-b...
gilagreenwrites.com/blog/guest-b...
What fun I had at my lunch with @scottedelman.bsky.social in Baltimore, and what an honor it was to be interviewed by him for the 229 episode of his Eating the Fantastic podcast - especially since he has interviewed so many of my literary heroes.
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www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
July 3, 2024 at 8:36 PM
What fun I had at my lunch with @scottedelman.bsky.social in Baltimore, and what an honor it was to be interviewed by him for the 229 episode of his Eating the Fantastic podcast - especially since he has interviewed so many of my literary heroes.
www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
@sallywienergrotta.bsky.social chats w fellow author Kim Coleman Foote. They explore the genesis of her award-winning debut novel Coleman Hill, the nature of fictionalized family memoir, and the process, challenges, and triumphs of #writing.
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June 20, 2024 at 6:25 PM
@sallywienergrotta.bsky.social chats w fellow author Kim Coleman Foote. They explore the genesis of her award-winning debut novel Coleman Hill, the nature of fictionalized family memoir, and the process, challenges, and triumphs of #writing.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/06/20/s...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/06/20/s...
For this episode of #WhatIfWhyNotHow, @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social chatted with fellow author
@ellenkushner.bsky.social about #fantasybooks, #feminism, #Judaism & the biblical Esther.
#video #authorreading #interview #lgbtq #Swordspoint #kidlit
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/06/07/s...
@ellenkushner.bsky.social about #fantasybooks, #feminism, #Judaism & the biblical Esther.
#video #authorreading #interview #lgbtq #Swordspoint #kidlit
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June 8, 2024 at 6:32 PM
For this episode of #WhatIfWhyNotHow, @sallywienergrotta.bsky.social chatted with fellow author
@ellenkushner.bsky.social about #fantasybooks, #feminism, #Judaism & the biblical Esther.
#video #authorreading #interview #lgbtq #Swordspoint #kidlit
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/06/07/s...
@ellenkushner.bsky.social about #fantasybooks, #feminism, #Judaism & the biblical Esther.
#video #authorreading #interview #lgbtq #Swordspoint #kidlit
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/06/07/s...
I had the delightful experience of interviewing author Gila Green for my "What If? Why Not? How? series. We discussed the creative challenges and rewards of writing about “broken” individuals in a broken world -- and her writing processes
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
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May 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I had the delightful experience of interviewing author Gila Green for my "What If? Why Not? How? series. We discussed the creative challenges and rewards of writing about “broken” individuals in a broken world -- and her writing processes
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
In this episode of #WhatIfWhyNotHow , I interviewed Tacey Atsitty, a #Diné (#Navajo) poet who digs deeply into her heritage to create powerful #poetry that speaks to the hearts of all of us.
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May 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM
In this episode of #WhatIfWhyNotHow , I interviewed Tacey Atsitty, a #Diné (#Navajo) poet who digs deeply into her heritage to create powerful #poetry that speaks to the hearts of all of us.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/05/18/s...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/05/18/s...
@SallyWGrotta talked with bestselling author Guadalupe Garcia McCall about the needs & sensitivities of young adult readers, how her #Latinx heritage on her writing, how she's managed to be so prolific, and her advice for new writers. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/19/s...
#WhatIfWhyNotHow
#WhatIfWhyNotHow
April 19, 2024 at 6:22 PM
@SallyWGrotta talked with bestselling author Guadalupe Garcia McCall about the needs & sensitivities of young adult readers, how her #Latinx heritage on her writing, how she's managed to be so prolific, and her advice for new writers. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/19/s...
#WhatIfWhyNotHow
#WhatIfWhyNotHow
"Am I the Orange on the #Passover sedar plate?
Here's an essay I wrote in the midst of Covid isolation about how this cis-gender woman has come to identify with the orange on the sedar plate. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2021/03/23/a...
#Judaism #feminism #Pesach
Here's an essay I wrote in the midst of Covid isolation about how this cis-gender woman has come to identify with the orange on the sedar plate. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2021/03/23/a...
#Judaism #feminism #Pesach
April 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"Am I the Orange on the #Passover sedar plate?
Here's an essay I wrote in the midst of Covid isolation about how this cis-gender woman has come to identify with the orange on the sedar plate. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2021/03/23/a...
#Judaism #feminism #Pesach
Here's an essay I wrote in the midst of Covid isolation about how this cis-gender woman has come to identify with the orange on the sedar plate. www.sallywienergrotta.com/2021/03/23/a...
#Judaism #feminism #Pesach
In this episode of What If? Why Not? How?, Sally Wiener Grotta talks with Yerra Sugarman about the history, emotions, and craft that make up her poignant #poetry.
Please click the link to view the video.
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Please click the link to view the video.
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April 18, 2024 at 5:59 PM
In this episode of What If? Why Not? How?, Sally Wiener Grotta talks with Yerra Sugarman about the history, emotions, and craft that make up her poignant #poetry.
Please click the link to view the video.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/22/s...
Please click the link to view the video.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/03/22/s...
In a new episode of "What If? Why Not? How?" I explored with fellow author Gila Green the challenges and rewards of writing about “broken” individuals in a broken world. Also tips on how she creates such intriguing characters.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
April 17, 2024 at 9:01 PM
In a new episode of "What If? Why Not? How?" I explored with fellow author Gila Green the challenges and rewards of writing about “broken” individuals in a broken world. Also tips on how she creates such intriguing characters.
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...
www.sallywienergrotta.com/2024/04/17/s...